The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-02
The Fruit Growers and Dairymens'
Convention.
TEN CARLOADS OF DELEGATES COMING
FROM THE NORTHWEST.

MANCHESTER, Iowa, Jan. 2Sth, 1887.
C. D. Bustamante, Esq, Jackson, Miss:
DEAR SIR-You will see by the enclosed
circular that we are making exceedingly
low rates from all points on our Southern
Division, and if our Southern friends take
any interest, as l am sure they do, in our
Jackson Convention, they will take adyan-
tage of these low rates and be on hand.
A letter from gentleman this morning
advises nee that Chickasaw county, Iowa,
will have thirty packages of creamery and
dairy butter for the Jackson Convention.
We shall place a car on our special train
for the butter exhibits, and it looks now as
if the car would be very well filled from
different points, which will certainly make
very fine exhibit. Your people will be
surprised at what this Convention is going
to do for them, and have the utmost con-
fidence IN you, that the local part of the
programme will be carried out to the letter
| have now six men on the road in Hi
nois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Mime
sofa, Nebraska and Dakota Territory put
ting up excursion bills for this Conven-
ton. The result will be large crowd, and
as have said before, you cannot make too
large preparations.
Yours truly,
J. +. MERRY, G. w. P. A.
AN ACT Granting Pensions to the Sol
diers and Sailors of the Mexican War,
(as it passed both Houses).
SECTION 1. Be enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
That the Secretary OF the Interior be, and
he is hereby authorized and directed to
place on the pension-roll the names of the
surviving officers and enlisted men, in
GLIDING marines, militia, and volunteers,
of the military and naval services of the
United States, who, being duly enlisted,
actually served sixty days with the army
or navy Of the United States in Mexico,
or on the coasts or frontier thereof, or en-
route thereto, in the war with that nation,
or were actually engaged in battle in
said war, and were honorably discharged,
and to such other officers and soldiers and
sailors as may have been personally named
in any resolution of Congress for any spec
cific service in said war, and the surviving
widow of such officers and enlisted men
Provided, That such widows have not re-
married; Provided, That every such Off
Ger. enlisted man or widow who is or may
become sixty-two years OF age, or who is
or who may become subject to any disa-
bility or dependency equivalent to some
cause prescribed or recognized by the PEN
sion laws of the United States as suffi-
cient reason for the allowance of pension.
shall be entitled to the benefits of this act
but it shall not be held to include any per-
son not within the rule of age or disability
or dependency herein defined, or who in
Cured such disability while in any man
ner voluntarily engaged in or aiding or |
abetting the late rebellion against the |
of the United States.
SEC. 2. That pension under section one /
of this act shall be at the rate OF eight |
dollars per month, and payable only from
and after the passage OF this act, for
and during the natural lives of the |
persons entitled thereto, or during the
continuance Of the disability for which |
the same shall be granted; Provided, That
section one of this act shall not apply to
sny person who is receiving pension at |
the rate of eight dollars month or more,
nor to any person receiving pension of |
less than eight dollars per month, except |
ior the difference between the pension now
received (if less than eight dollars per
month"; and eight dollars per month.
SEC. 3. That before the name of any per-
ION shall be placed on the pension-roll
lneler this act, proof shall be zde. under
such rules and regulations as the Secretary
IF the Interior may prescribe, of the right
II the applicant to a pension. and any
person who shall falsely and corruptIy
axe any oath required under this act shall
be deemed guilty of perjury and the Sec
'etary of the interior shall cause to be
stricken from the pension-roll the name of
my person whenever it shall be made to
appear by proof satisfactory to him that
uch nan was put upon such roll through
alse and fraudulent representations, and
hat such person is not entitled to PEN
ion under this act. The loss of the GER
ificate of discharge shall not deprive any
,erson of the benefits of this act, but other
ecord evidence of enlistment and service
md of an honorable discharge may be
|eemed sufficient; Provided. That when Ii
nv person has been granted a land-war-
ant, under any act of Congress, for and
"a account OF service in the said war with
dexico, such grant shall be prima facie
violence Of his service and honorable dis
barge; but such evidence shall not be
oncIusive, and may be rebutted by evil
ence that such land-warrant was improp-
rIy granted. Ii
SIC. 4. That the pension laws now in
orce which are not inconsistent or In con-
let with this act are hereby made part
{ this act, 30 far as they may be applica- .
BILE thereto.
SIC. 5. That section forty-seven hum
red and sixteen of the Revised Statutes
|, hereby repealed 90 far as the same re- |
ltes to this act or to pensioners under this
Ct III
SEC. 6. That the provisions of this act {
hall not apply to any person while under i
be political disabilities imposed by the Z
3urteenth amendment to the Constitution
the United States. II
This Act us approved BY the Preai-